On 30/03/2013 23:10, Matt Squair wrote:
> Peplow's original article can be found here.>> http://www.thyroidcancercanada.org/userfiles/files/Chernobyls_Legacy_Peplow(1).pdf>> Regards,> -- > Matt Squair> Sent with Sparrow <http://www.sparrowmailapp.com/?sig>>> On Sunday, 31 March 2013 at 2:41 AM, Martyn Thomas wrote:>>> The Blackett Review of low probability high impact events >> (http://www.bis.gov.uk/assets/goscience/docs/b/12-519-blackett-review-high-impact-low-probability-risks.pdf)>>>> says at one point>>>>>>> The Chernobyl explosion in 1986 was a useful illustration of the >>> need to account for public>>> understanding and reaction in managing a crisis. Media coverage >>> amplified fears about>>> radiation and this is thought to have contributed to a sense of >>> hopelessness in the>>> population in the Ukraine and neighbouring countries. This in turn >>> has been linked to high>>> rates of alcoholism and smoking --- factors that have had a hugely >>> bigger health impact than>>> the radiation itself.>>>> This is attributed to Peplow, M. 'Chernobyl's legacy', Nature 471, >> 562-565 (2011) | doi:10.1038/471562a>>>> I'd welcome a link to a downloadable copy of this paper, if one is >> available.>>>> Martyn>>>>>> _______________________________________________>> The System Safety Mailing List>> systemsafety_at_xxxxxx
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